Seeing a Way Forward: Dave Nuckolshttps://um-insight.net/api/content/d4a6823a-2e54-11e9-83ed-120e7ad5cf50/comments.rss
GC2019 delegate Dave Nuckols, who served on the Way Forward commission, thinks it's crucial to dispel misconceptions about the One Church Plan.en-usA forum for discerning God's future for The United Methodist Church, hosted by St. Stephen UMC, Mesquite, TX. We do not use cookies to collect user data.Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:08:30 -0000No explicit affirmation.But there is an implicit affirmation in allowing marriages within the sanctuary and setting LGBT ministers apart for leadership. If the One Church Plan passes or no plan passes, conservative annual conferences will have a decision to make in the summer of 2019. If the Traditional Plan passes, then it will be full on battle royale, because the progressives don't want to leave. They want to protest. I don't see how you pass the Connectional Plan especially if 2/3rds of annual conferences have to affirm.<br /><br />Hopefully, this all works out for the best.https://um-insight.net/seeing-a-way-forward-dave-nuckols/
f76a8db8-2f01-11e9-b55d-120e7ad5cf50Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:08:30 -0000You are not listening to traditionalistsContinuing on in a morass of conflicting and contradictory theological plurality is NOT ACCEPTABLE. The church needs to go one direction or the other. Everybody needs their freedom to live out their beliefs. The reality is the One Church Plan does nothing more than make the progressive understanding an official teaching of the church. On a more pragmatic level, it also creates space to include those who have refused to abide by the current polity. There is no reason to believe that once progressive teaching is legitamized, there is absolutely no reason to believe they will back off and allow traditionalists to "do their thing". And then there is the expanded question of sexuality that is being ignored by the One Church Plan.https://um-insight.net/seeing-a-way-forward-dave-nuckols/
de274192-2eda-11e9-9cb7-120e7ad5cf50Tue, 12 Feb 2019 15:28:37 -0000I wish somebody would specifically explainthis statement:"the church’s mission to transform the world." After spending years cruising the internet listening to every voice I could find within the UMC, my impression is everybody has their own understanding of "the church’s mission to transform the world". I am also confused by some Bishops who refer to the 'United Methodist witness", again, I find no hint that everybody is operating from a single understanding of a "United Methodist witness". https://um-insight.net/seeing-a-way-forward-dave-nuckols/
d15a7218-2ed5-11e9-aa02-120e7ad5cf50Tue, 12 Feb 2019 14:52:28 -0000